The Necessity of State IDs
Annika Adstedt
Sam Rock
Farrin Saba
Wil Stowers
Help America Vote Act
(HAVA)
2002
Supreme Court
Background
Purcell v. Gonzalez
Democratic Party v.
Rokita
Significance
Statewide Voter Registration
Systems
Minimal Effort by Voter
State IDs are the easiest form of identification to
validate a person’s ability to vote.
The voting process is expedited when a voter’s
identification has already been verified, instead
of the voter going through the lengthy process of
having to prove who they are when they arrive
to vote.
Due to the verification of voters’ identities, the
accuracy of the results are more certain.
Legitimate Results
- As American citizens, people will feel
more comfortable knowing that their vote
matters and the results of the election are
more genuine, fair outcomes.
- After the election has been held, it is less
likely that the results of the election will be
called into question
- Multiple cases of “questionable” election
results
Protection Against Voting Fraud
With the use of State IDs, voting
fraud will be harder to execute.
Without proof of identity, individuals can
deceivingly vote as other citizens. State
issued IDs prohibit this from happening
because only true citizens of the state will
be allowed to vote in their own election.
Although they do not stop voting fraud
entirely, IDs help combat voting fraud that
requires culprits to impersonate other
humans.
States are beginning to pass laws
that requires the government to
make IDs cost nothing.
Ten states including Texas and
Pennsylvania passed voter ID laws.
These laws require the state to fund the
issuance of IDs so there is more
accessibility to getting an ID and to have
an honest vote. “Real ID Card” Act,
uniform mandate
Voter Fraud
-one instance of voter fraud is too much
-affects the power of one voter’s vote
-absentee ballots should require (free) voter ID’s in order to prevent the majority of voter fraud
-this will help eliminate voter fraud and manipulation from government officials
-voter fraud will affect smaller elections such as congressional and mayoral races
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